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Halfway To Hall: Performers Lukas Nelson, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson (l-r) at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All for the Hall in Los Angeles last night (9/17).
Sandy Again: Mercury/The Core's Tyler Hubbard and Josh Ross at the Jones Beach stop of Dan + Shay's The Young Tour. Pictured (l-r) are Anthony Lurillo and fiancée/WWWF/Nassau's "Sabrina From Queens" Sergio, Hubbard, Ross, WJVC/Nassau's Murphdawg, Phathead and Bruce Shepard with wife Rosemarie and Mercury's Summer Harlow.
Reid Carpet: Big Machine's Cole Goodwin (r) with KNIX/Phoenix's Reid Spivey at the Celebrity Theatre.
All My Exes Chart: The Tape Room Music team (Caroline Hodson, Jenna Wilson, Alicia Pruitt and Blain Rhodes, l-r) celebrates 12 singles in the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Top 40.
A Song To Stream: Mercury's Miranda Lambert with SiriusXM/Pandora's Johnny Chiang (l) and the label's David Friedman.
You Don't Know Ham Like I Do: Wheelhouse's Brantley Gilbert (l) with WCCQ & WXLC/Chicago's Drew Walker at the stations' Sandwich Fair.
Crescent Cred: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for August 2026 (three-month rolling average, 5/28-8/19) compared with June and July. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.
| Baton Rouge (Market 78) |
WYNK iHeartMedia |
| Louisville (58) |
WAMZ iHeartMedia |
| New Orleans (50) |
WNOE iHeartMedia |
| Oklahoma City (49) |
KTST iHeartMedia |
The Summer 2026 Print Special featuring:
Country Radio Hall
of Famers
Eric Church's Sinners @ 20
ACM Radio Winners & Carter Faith
Troy Tomlinson:
The Interview
2026 ACM Voter's Guide
A quick reference guide to the 2026 ACM Nominees
Inside This Issue:
MC-Yay At Ryman Lunch
Disruption Junction
You Look Like You Love Me
The Day Ahead